BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 22
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
Iran's exports of mining products increased by 126 percent in terms of value and 11 percent in terms of volume during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through August 22, 2021), compared to the same period last Iranian year, Trend reports citing Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).
According to the report, Iran exported about 22 million tons of mining products worth about $5.09 billion within the 5 months.
The bulk of Iran's mining exports for the reporting period were accounted for raw steel and steel products. So, Iran exported $3.9 billion worth of raw steel and steel products in five months. This is an increase of 176 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
In addition, Iran exported $622 million worth of copper and related products over the 5 months, which is an increase of 82 percent, compared to the same period last Iranian year.
|
Products |
Exports |
Imports |
||||||
|
Volume (in tons) |
Percentage change in volume (%) |
Value (in dollars) |
Percentage change in value (%) |
Volume (in tons) |
Percentage change in volume (%) |
Value (in dollars) |
Percentage change in value (%) |
|
|
Sponge iron |
490,000 |
190 |
$92.2 million |
200 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Antimony |
- |
- |
- |
- |
40 |
-40 |
$320,000 |
-43 |
|
Various stones and related products |
1.57 million |
-13 |
$69.6 million |
23 |
10,000 |
-13 |
$10.8 million |
-33 |
|
Ferromagnetism |
20,200 |
10 |
$21.8 million |
20 |
103,000 |
42 |
$158 million |
67 |
|
Pottery, ceramics and so on |
22,000 |
61 |
$12.8 million |
373 |
22,700 |
30 |
$65.2 million |
15 |
|
Alumina powder |
1,140 |
219 |
$2.29 million |
219 |
139,000 |
41 |
$69 million |
62 |
|
Coal |
- |
- |
- |
- |
334,000 |
-29 |
$108 million |
-2 |
|
Aluminum |
103,000 |
165 |
$244 million |
287 |
56,300 |
-29 |
$101 million |
-11 |
|
Titanium |
30 |
171 |
$20,000 |
-29 |
19,500 |
5 |
$58.6 million |
21 |
|
Zinc |
85,100 |
3 |
$183 million |
100 |
3,260 |
-49 |
$1.31 million |
-65 |
|
Lead |
34,800 |
117 |
$36.3 million |
183 |
490,000 |
563 |
$1.1 million |
302 |
|
Cement |
8.55 million |
-10 |
$174 million |
-8 |
14,000 |
-5 |
$10.9 million |
-11 |
|
Steel |
4.67 million |
55 |
$3.09 billion |
176 |
398,000 |
-9 |
$465 million |
-5 |
|
Molybdenum |
1,110 |
-1 |
$19.3 million |
70 |
0 |
-89 |
0 |
-52 |
|
Other mining products |
4.33 million |
14 |
$314 million |
23 |
319,000 |
7 |
$213 million |
6 |
|
Other iron ore product |
899,000 |
-18 |
$64.2 million |
61 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Iron ore pellets |
651,000 |
- |
$66.7 million |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Iron ore concentrate |
385,000 |
132 |
$57.3 million |
348 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Precious stones and metals |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Copper |
90,500 |
20 |
$621 million |
82 |
47,000 |
6 |
$5.45 million |
12 |
|
Mica |
200 |
89 |
$10,000 |
23 |
580 |
72 |
$290,000 |
-30 |
|
Nickel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1,000 |
-15 |
$18.5 million |
3 |
|
Total |
22 million |
11 |
5.09 billion |
126 |
1.42 million |
-7 |
1.29 billion |
6 |
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